Wow! Nice change of pace. I DIDN'T get screwed on ebay!!

[Dobie]

For once, I got a surprise in the mail, and it wasn't a damaged, non-working item!! I bought a Pac-mania for NES, using the BIN feature. I thought I got a great deal on it--$10 including free shipping. So I get the game in the mail today, and out falls a note along with the game, and a $5 bill. It says "Sorry, but there is a sticker on the side of the cart, and I forgot to mention it in the description. Here's $5 back. Hope this makes us even." At first, I was like, "OH CRAP. Here we go."

But I look at the sticker, and its just a minor little rental sticker. It only took 5 minutes and a bit of goo gone to get it off. So, needless to say, I am amazed. I mean, a guy who gave money back? Especially when there was free shipping? He had to net maybe $2-3 off of the sale, tops.

So I don't know what to do. Do I send the $5 back? I mean, it really wasn't a big issue. The sticker came OFF. Or, do I just chock this one up to a bit of ebay karma coming back my way, and forget about it? I already left him positive feedback. It was the LEAST I could do.

[punkoffgirl]

You could start with telling us the name of this wonder seller :)
We'll be sure to give him LOTS of business, and I'm sure it wouldn't hurt if we mentioned your name to him in the process :)

[Dobie]

Here's a link to the seller's "currently selling" page. I noticed he has some other games up, but there's nothing I'm looking for.

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=sweetd711&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=25

[dave2236]

Nice of that guy, now you have to do something nice to someone else, thats how those things work.

Someone helps you, you help someone else. Thats my theory anyway.

[Roganjohn]

these things happen all the time. i bought a boxed SNES Unirally for AUS $21, and the condition of the box was shit and the seller refunded me $10.

:D

[chadtower]

I've given money back many times. If shipping is hard to determine I'll quote a price and tell the person that if shipping is less than the quote I will refund excess fees. I have issued this partial refund many times... other times I've understated shipping and eaten it.

[Darth Vader]

I have done that before on ebay too. When I list stuff, I usually list over 100 items at once, so if I notice a major flaw on a cart when I am packing it up to ship, I will either replace the game or throw an additional game in for the buyer (along with a note explaining what I did). That usually goes over big with the buyers!

Danny